Johann Zarco’s Pramac to LCR move was officially conf꧑irmed in August while VR46’s Luca Marini is now hotly tipped to take over Marc Marquez’s vacant seat at Repsol Honda.

If so, Zarco would be “pretty pleased.”

"I respect🐈 Luca a lot and he's a super technical guy," Zarco said. "He works with a lot of method and I think even if he did fewer years on the Ducati than me, maybe he knows the Ducati better thওan me.

“He can also a♛lways bring good information and with the good [working] method he has, it can be a great way for Honda to begin a new page.

“If he's the one, for surౠe it’s maybe the best option and I'm really pleased if this happens.”

Zarco, who broke his MotoGP victory drought at Phillip Island, added that while ot🐈her riders might have more natural talent, Marini works twice as hard.

“It seems sometimes that he has l⭕ess gift than the other riders, so to be at the level🌸 he has to work twice [as hard]. I think that can be an advantage to develop a bike, to understand what's happening,” Zarco said.

“Because he had to do all his career just by the work this pushed hiꦯm to learn to do everything step by step and now h༺e clearly has this MotoGP level, always fighting for the top 10 or top 5.

“It means ꩲhe is not doing things by hazard [chance]. It means he understands a lot. Maybe sometimes [being] too technical can block him, but at least to give a base of work, it's clearly important.”

Za✱rco is currently f🐼ifth in the world championship with Marini, who missed three races due to a collarbone fracture, in eighth.

Once confirmed, 🃏Marini would join Zarco in riding for Honda at the Valencia post-race test on November 28.